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Anglesey Abbey

Anglesey Abbey is the creation of the immensely wealthy Huttleston Broughton, the 1st Lord Fairhaven, whose father had made a fortune in mining and railways in the United States. Originally a 13th-century Augustinian priory, it was first converted into a manor house in c. 1600 and then extensively remodelled and extended between 1926-58 by Sydney Parvin and Albert Richardson. Inside, this elegant yet comfortable Jacobean style home contains a mixture of medieval vaulting, low, beamed rooms and airy, light spaces. Many decorative features were reproduced or brought in from other buildings, including early 17th-century panelling and a 16th-century strapwork chimneypiece. Lord Fairhaven also devised the 100-acre garden which blends formal and more naturalistic landscape styles.

Visitor Information

Address:
Quy Road,
Lode,
Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire,
England,
CB25 9EJ

Telephone: 01223 810080

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/anglesey-abbey

Accredited Museum

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)

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Anglesey Abbey contains rich collections of furniture, silver, paintings, porcelain, tapestries and statuary, all assembled by the immensely wealthy Lord Fairhaven. Buying at a time when many country houses were being demolished and their collections dispersed at auction, Lord Fairhaven was able to amass his extensive collection. There is a set of Tudor royal portraits, in cluding the earliest known likeness of Henry VIII; works by Claude Lorrain, Gainsborough, William Etty; late 18th- and early 19th-century English and French clocks; early (17th-century) and modern bronzes; and a collection of early colour-plate books, 1770-1820.

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Rocky Coastal Scene with Ruined Castle, Boats and Fishermen

Rocky Coastal Scene with Ruined Castle, Boats and Fishermen

Thomas Gainsborough RA (Sudbury 1727 - London 1788)

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)

Mars, Venus and an Attendant derobing her Mistress for the Bath

Mars, Venus and an Attendant derobing her Mistress for the Bath

William Etty RA (York 1787 – York 1849)

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)

King Henry VIII (1491–1547)

King Henry VIII (1491–1547)

British (English) School

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)

Moonlit Lake, with a Ruined Abbey and a Cottage with an illuminated Window

Moonlit Lake, with a Ruined Abbey and a Cottage with an illuminated Window

William Pether (Carlisle c.1738 – Bristol 1821)

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)

[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales. . Sponsored by T. Seckford.].

[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales. . Sponsored by T. Seckford.].

Christopher Saxton (c.1540-c.1610)

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)

Pedestal desk

Pedestal desk

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)

Armchair

Armchair

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)

Pedestal desk

Pedestal desk

attributed to Tatham Bailey & Saunders (fl. 1803-1827), London

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)

George II's Hanoverian Silver Chandeliers

George II's Hanoverian Silver Chandeliers

Balthasar Friedrich Behrens (1701-1760)

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)

Clock

Clock

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)

Shield of Achilles

Shield of Achilles

Philip Rundell (Norton St Philip 1746 -London 1827)

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)